Bitcoins worth $7.5 million in a lost hard-drive

Same story, different source, significant discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6809065 (theguardian.com)

Yet more sources, no discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6814293 (bbc.co.uk)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6815087 (msn.co.nz)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6818746 (bbc.co.uk)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6821538 (cnn.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6822051 (yahoo.com)

I expect we'll see this story picked up and reported over and over again. It's about BitCoin, and everyone loves a good bit of schadenfreude.

This is such old news by now. Given the extreme price fluctuations, it is more useful if we can stop quoting "worth $X USD", and instead just stick with the actual number of bitcoin.